2010 World Judo Championships – Women's +78 kg
# 2010 World Judo Championships – Women's +78 kg

The Women's +78 kg competition at the 2010 World Judo Championships was held at 9 September at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. 31 competitors contested for the medals, being split in 4 Pools where the winner advanced to the medal round.

## Pool A

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lucija Polavder | Lucija Polavder | 000 | | | | | | |
| Liu Huanyuan | Liu Huanyuan | 100 | Liu Huanyuan | Liu Huanyuan | 100 | | | |
| Karina Bryant | Karina Bryant | 001 | Carola Uilenhoed | Carola Uilenhoed | 000 | | | |
| Carola Uilenhoed | Carola Uilenhoed | 010 | | | | Liu Huanyuan | Liu Huanyuan | 000 |
| Maryna Prokofyeva | Maryna Prokofyeva | 000 | | | | Mika Sugimoto | Mika Sugimoto | 100 |
| Mika Sugimoto | Mika Sugimoto | 100 | Mika Sugimoto | Mika Sugimoto | 100 | | | |
| Kim Ji-youn | Kim Ji-youn | 000 | Tea Donguzashvili | Tea Donguzashvili | 000 | | | |
| Tea Donguzashvili | Tea Donguzashvili | 100 | | | | | | |

## Pool B

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Idalys Ortiz | Idalys Ortiz | 100 | | | | | | |
| Huang Tzu-Chin | Huang Tzu-Chin | 000 | Idalys Ortiz | Idalys Ortiz | 100 | | | |
| Larisa Ceric | Larisa Ceric | 000 | Gülşah Kocatürk | Gülşah Kocatürk | 000 | | | |
| Gülşah Kocatürk | Gülşah Kocatürk | 100 | | | | Idalys Ortiz | Idalys Ortiz | 012 |
| Urszula Sadkowska | Urszula Sadkowska | 100 | | | | Urszula Sadkowska | Urszula Sadkowska | 000 |
| Toni Geiger | Toni Geiger | 000 | Urszula Sadkowska | Urszula Sadkowska | 100 | | | |
| Thonthan Bunduang | Thonthan Bunduang | 000 | Vanessa Zambotti | Vanessa Zambotti | 010 | | | |
| Vanessa Zambotti | Vanessa Zambotti | 101 | | | | | | |

## Pool C

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Qin Qian | Qin Qian | 020 | | | | | | |
| Nina Cutro-Kelly | Nina Cutro-Kelly | 000 | Qin Qian | Qin Qian | 100 | | | |
| Gulzhan Issanova | Gulzhan Issanova | 000 | Franziska Konitz | Franziska Konitz | 000 | | | |
| Franziska Konitz | Franziska Konitz | 100 | | | | Qin Qian | Qin Qian | 010 |
| | | | | | | Kim Na-Young | Kim Na-Young | 001 |
| | | | Kim Na-Young | Kim Na-Young | 011 | | | |
| Stéphanie Possamaï | Stéphanie Possamaï | 001 | Stéphanie Possamaï | Stéphanie Possamaï | 000 | | | |
| Polina Belousova | Polina Belousova | 000 | | | | | | |

## Pool D

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maki Tsukada | Maki Tsukada | 100 | | | | | | |
| Maria Suelen Altheman | Maria Suelen Altheman | 010 | Maki Tsukada | Maki Tsukada | 020 | | | |
| Sarah Adlington | Sarah Adlington | 002 | Iryna Kindzerska | Iryna Kindzerska | 000 | | | |
| Iryna Kindzerska | Iryna Kindzerska | 101 | | | | Maki Tsukada | Maki Tsukada | 100 |
| Nihel Chikhrouhou | Nihel Chikhrouhou | 002 | | | | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | 001 |
| Janelle Shepherd | Janelle Shepherd | 000 | Nihel Chikhrouhou | Nihel Chikhrouhou | 000 | | | |
| Carmen Chalá | Carmen Chalá | 000 | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | 100 | | | |
| Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | 101 | | | | | | |

## Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liu Huanyuan | Liu Huanyuan | 021 | | | |
| Urszula Sadkowska | Urszula Sadkowska | 000 | Liu Huanyuan | Liu Huanyuan | 000 |
| | | | Maki Tsukada | Maki Tsukada | 100 |
| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Kim Na-Young | Kim Na-Young | 110 | | | |
| Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | 000 | Kim Na-Young | Kim Na-Young | 001 |
| | | | Idalys Ortiz | Idalys Ortiz | 002 |

## Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Mika Sugimoto | 100 |
| Idalys Ortiz | 000 | | |
| Idalys Ortiz | 000 | Mika Sugimoto | 100 |
| | | Qin Qian | 000 |
| Qin Qian | 010 | Qin Qian | 000 |
| Maki Tsukada | 001 | | |
